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All Dressed Up

In which y'all get your bad selves educated about stuff to do on Halloween

By Mike Connor

HALLOWEEN IN DOWNTOWN Santa Cruz seems to get livelier and rowdier every year, but word on the street is that the police are going to be out en masse this time, with a portable command post set up so they can ... um, do whatever it is they do from portable command posts. Call it homeland security, but the cops are going to do their best to control the drunken pagan chaos downtown on Halloween.

Meanwhile, there's a bunch of other stuff going on elsewhere, so here's a list of big-kid stuff to do on Halloween, plus a list of post-Halloween parties on Nov. 1 and 2. All shows are 21 and over unless otherwise listed.

Thursday, Oct. 31

Superbooty
Catalyst; $30-$35; 9pm
Practically an institution at this point, Superbooty's Halloween shows get hot enough to melt the makeup off even the most ghoulish creatures of the night. Fifteen pieces of funk (eight funksters and seven funkstresses) is the name of the game for these uncontrollable exhibitionists from Frisco.